Carnegie Mellon University has been named the No. 2 university to work for in the United States in a Glassdoor.com survey of academic employees.

CMU received an employer rating of 4.3, one-tenth of a point lower than No. 1 Texas Tech University's 4.4 out of a possible 5.0. CMU employees overall rated themselves "very satisfied" in the survey over their working conditions. One CMU employee who responded to the Glassdoor.com survey praised CMU's work/life balance, talented staff, professional development opportunities and attractive campus.

For CMU, the No. 2 spot is a jump from No. 5 in the report released Friday. Other universities that received 4.3 ratings were Brigham Young University, the University of Texas-Austin, Iowa State University, University of Michigan, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and Florida State University.

Paul J. Gough is digital producer at the Pittsburgh Business Times. Contact him at pgough@bizjournals.com or 412-208-3827. You can also follow him on Twitter.

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